| 100% | GALBA | 5 | First of four emperors in the "Year of the Four Emperors" |
| 73% | NERO | 4 | Emperor before the Year of the Four Emperors |
| 70% | NERO | 4 | Emperor just before the Year of the Four Emperors |
| 69% | NERO | 4 | Ruler preceding the Year of the Four Emperors |
| 67% | NERO | 4 | Leader whose death sparked the Year of the Four Emperors |
| 65% | NERO | 4 | His death sparked a civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors |
| 64% | ONEBC | 5 | Year in the reign of the emperor Augustus |
| 63% | BASEMAN | 7 | First ___ (Player standing in the first of the four stations in a Baseball diamond) |
| 62% | NEW | 3 | First word in the names of four states |
| 62% | MDXI | 4 | Year of the first Spanish settlement in Cuba |
| 61% | TOY | 3 | First word in the titles of four Pixar movies |
| 60% | YEARZERO | 8 | First year of the Khmer Rouge's rule in Cambodia |
| 59% | ENERO | 5 | First month of the year, in Spanish |
| 59% | MILA | 4 | First name in the credits of Four Good Days and Bad Moms |
| 58% | SUE | 3 | First name of the Invisible Woman, in "Fantastic Four" |
| 58% | MATTHEW | 7 | First of the four Gospels in the New Testament |
| 58% | TET | 3 | First day of the Lunar New Year, in Vietnam |
| 57% | JAN | 3 | First one of the twelve in the whole year (abbr.) |
| 57% | NONE | 4 | Number of placekickers picked in the first four rounds of the '19 draft |
| 57% | NEWS | 4 | First letters of the words hidden in the four longest answers |
| 57% | SYNE | 4 | Last word in the first song of the year |
| 56% | NERO | 4 | Emperor during the Great Fire of Rome in the year AD 64 |
| 56% | FRESHMAN | 8 | Student in the first year of high school or college |
| 55% | OUR | 3 | In the year of ___ Lord |
| 55% | OUR | 3 | In the year of ___ Lord … |
| 55% | PAGE | 4 | "Tomorrow is the first ___ in a book of 365" (common New Year's phrase) |
| 55% | EZRA | 4 | It begins "Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia ..." |
| 54% | EMPERORS | 8 | Year of the Four __, 69 AD |
| 54% | EZRA | 4 | Book that begins "Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia ..." |
| 54% | ALCS | 4 | An Astro has won its MVP in four of the last six years |